Dataset: Election Study 1990

Variable v257: Vote reasoning 1

Values Categories N
1 Tautological answer: want to support party 5
 0.5%
2 Desire for change 9
 0.9%
3 Good politics 3
 0.3%
4 The best for the country 2
 0.2%
6 Trust/distrust generally 1
 0.1%
7 Democracy/rights 5
 0.5%
8 Election campaign/appearances on TV/Radio 4
 0.4%
9 Process of elimination 6
 0.6%
10 Idealistic reasons 5
 0.5%
11 Party's ideas or what they stand for 55
 5.5%
13 Moderate party, stable 6
 0.6%
14 Socialist position 13
 1.3%
15 Bourgeois or liberal position 24
 2.4%
16 Party plan 13
 1.3%
18 Against Socialism/Communism 3
 0.3%
19 Other ideological answer 0
 0.0%
20 Party's policies 44
 4.4%
21 Economic policies 22
 2.2%
22 Tax policies 19
 1.9%
23 Expense policies 5
 0.5%
24 Social policies 36
 3.6%
25 EC policies 7
 0.7%
26 Labor market policies 23
 2.3%
27 Environment policy 20
 2.0%
28 Education and culture policies 0
 0.0%
29 Other specific policy 0
 0.0%
30 Governs/has governed well 19
 1.9%
31 New government/topple Schlueter 38
 3.8%
32 General trust for party 0
 0.0%
33 Dynamism/action 10
 1.0%
34 Trust in candidate/s 21
 2.1%
35 Sympathy for bourgeois politicians 1
 0.1%
36 Antipathy for bourgeois politicians 0
 0.0%
37 Sympathy for Poul Schlueter 3
 0.3%
38 Antipathy for Poul Schlueter 7
 0.7%
39 Other concerning administrative abilities 0
 0.0%
40 Benefits us 23
 2.3%
41 Best for workers, I am a worker 60
 6.0%
42 Pensioners 9
 0.9%
43 Supports business, business owners 14
 1.4%
44 Farmers 6
 0.6%
46 Best for employees/population in general 14
 1.4%
47 Poor/weakest in society 11
 1.1%
49 Other groups mentioned 0
 0.0%
50 Have always voted that way, habit, usually vote that way 52
 5.2%
51 Reference to environment 7
 0.7%
52 Grown up with it 2
 0.2%
54 Convinced by spouse 1
 0.1%
55 Supporter of party 12
 1.2%
56 Party's stability/trustworthiness 14
 1.4%
57 Party's cooperation/responsibility 11
 1.1%
60 For social democracy 6
 0.6%
61 Against social democracy 2
 0.2%
63 Housing policy 12
 1.2%
64 Family policy/family conditions 10
 1.0%
65 Health policy 2
 0.2%
66 Youth/education policy 3
 0.3%
67 Refugee policy 12
 1.2%
68 Defense policy 2
 0.2%
69 Disarmament/détente/peace movement 1
 0.1%
71 Christian perspective/ethical position 5
 0.5%
72 Wage policy 1
 0.1%
73 Balance of payments/foreign debt 3
 0.3%
74 Foreign policy 5
 0.5%
75 Negative towards Svend Auken 0
 0.0%
76 Positive towards Uffe Ellemann Jensen 10
 1.0%
77 Positive towards Mimi Jacobsen 8
 0.8%
78 Positive towards Lone Dybkjaer 2
 0.2%
79 Big party/more effective 2
 0.2%
80 In control/can fix everything 4
 0.4%
81 Cooperation across parties 4
 0.4%
82 EC sceptic/anti-EC integration/anti-EC union 5
 0.5%
84 Gender equality 1
 0.1%
86 Law and order/crime/violence 0
 0.0%
88 Labor distribution/reduce work hours 1
 0.1%
89 Finance law 0
 0.0%
90 Good party/the best 10
 1.0%
92 Other specific answers 2
 0.2%
95 Ineligible to vote 41
 4.1%
96 Didn't vote 80
 8.0%
97 Decline 81
 8.1%
98 Don't know 14
 1.4%
99 Unknown 14

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 994
Missing cases 14
This variable is numeric

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